Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and the Steven Soderbergh films Out of Sight (1998), The Limey (1999) and Traffic (2000). His other film credits include Q & A (1990), The Hard Way (1991), Carlito's Way (1993) and Keanu (2016). For his role in The Limey, he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

Luis Guzmán
Guzmán in February 2012 at the French premiere of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Born	(1956-08-28) August 28, 1956 (age 66) Cayey, Puerto Rico
Education	The American University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present

On television, he starred as Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez on the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2000), José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha on the Netflix series Narcos (2015), Jesse "Mama" Salander on the CBS medical drama Code Black (2015–18) and Hector Contreras on Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019).

Early life

Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and was raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His mother, Rosa, was a hospital worker, and his stepfather, Benjamin Cardona, was a TV repairman.[1] Guzmán graduated from The American University and shortly after began his career as a social worker and moonlighted as an actor, eventually becoming heavily involved in street theater and independent films.[2]

Career

Guzman's numerous movie credits include Carlito's Way, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, Punch-Drunk Love, Welcome to Collinwood, Stonewall, Waiting..., The Salton Sea, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.[3][4] He has also appeared on the TV shows Homicide: Life on the Street, Frasier, Community and Oz and voiced Ricardo Diaz in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and its prequel Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Guzmán starred in the short-lived 2003 television comedy Luis, and is a commentator on VH1's I Love the '80s, as well as I Love Toys and its sequels, including I Love the '70s and I Love the '90s. He co-starred on the 2007 HBO series John from Cincinnati, which lasted one season.

In early 2008, Guzmán starred in "Naturally Aged Cheddar Hunks" TV ads for Cabot Creamery.[5] He also appeared in the music video "Yes We Can." In 2010, he starred in HBO's How to Make It in America and appeared in a comical series of Snickers commercials that played during that year's Super Bowl.[6][7]

Personal life

Guzmán resides in Cabot, Vermont.[8]

Guzmán endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[9]

In 2018, Guzmán, along with New York Yankees all-star Bernie Williams, appeared in a season six episode of Jon Taffer's Bar Rescue, offering assistance not only to the El Krajo Tavern in Loiza, but the town's community center, after it was devastated from Hurricane Maria.

During Telegramgate, Guzmán was interviewed by MSNBC for his opinions on the situation in Puerto Rico and he expressed that 'Ricky had to go' and that corruption on the island was a major issue that he hoped would be solved.[10]

Filmography

Film

Television

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Equalizer	Gypsy Cabbie	Episode: "The Lock Box"
1985–86	Miami Vice	Miguel Revilla, Goon #1	2 episodes
1990	Hunter	Carlos Delgado	Episode: "La Familia"
1991	Monsters	Luis	Episode: "Desirable Alien"
	Law & Order	Cesar Pescador	Episode: "Heaven"
1992	To Catch a Killer	Waiter	Television film
	Quiet Killer	Adelaido Ortiz
	Civil Wars	Hector Rodriguez	Episode: "Tape Fear"
1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Lorenzo Molera	Episode: "Son of a Gun"
	Walker, Texas Ranger	Gomez	Episode: "Storm Warning"
	NYPD Blue	Hector Martinez	2 episodes
1994	seaQuest DSV	General Guzmano	Episode: "The Good Death"
	The Burning Season	Estate Boss	Television film
1995	House of Buggin'	Various	10 episodes
1995–96	New York Undercover	Det. Lopez, Joaquin	2 episodes
1998	Early Edition	John Hernandez	Episode: "The Quality of Mercy"
	Michael Hayes	Santos	Episode: "Vaughn Mowery"
1998–2000	Oz	Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez	12 episodes
2000	The Huntress	Paulie Dortmunder	Episode: "Pilot"
	Thin Air	Chollo	Television film
2002	Frasier	George	Episode: "Enemy at the Gate"
2003	Luis	Luis Cortez	9 episodes
2007	John from Cincinnati	Ramon Gaviota	10 episodes
2010–11	How to Make It in America	Rene Calderon	16 episodes
2011	Community	Himself	Episode: "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux"
2013	Republic of Doyle	Charles Alomar	Episode: "The Devil Inside"
2014	Mind Games	Nate	4 episodes
2015	Narcos	José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha	6 episodes
2015–18	Code Black	Jesse "Mama" Salander	47 episodes
2016	Roadies	Gooch	4 episodes
2018	The Untitled Action Bronson Show	Himself	Episode: "An Australian Surprise and Luis Guzmán"
	Bar Rescue	Himself	Episode: "Operation: Puerto Rico"
2019	Perpetual Grace, LTD	Hector Contreras	10 episodes
	Godfather of Harlem	Alejandro "El Guapo" Villabuena	4 episodes
	Shameless	Mikey O'Shea	6 episodes
2020	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	Episode: "Named After My Dad's P*nis"
2021	Ultra City Smiths	Rodrigo Smalls (voice)	6 episodes
	Hightown	Jorge Cuevas	7 episodes
2022	The Resort	Illan Iberra	Episode: "Hünch Fò Llub Seeth"
	Entergalactic	Huge Mover (voice)	Netflix special
	Wednesday	Gomez Addams	2 episodes[12]

Video games

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luis Guzmán.

• Luis Guzmán at IMDb
• Luis Guzmán on Twitter

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